Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0Round Lake’s public schools outscore 50% of Illinois districts
The grade covers the five public school districts serving Round Lake, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. 22% of students in Round Lake’s public schools are proficient in reading, below the Illinois average (30%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Round Lake’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 842 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Round Lake’s, its schools beat 30%, lower than their 50% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 22% of tested students were proficient in reading and 22% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Grant Community High School District 124 spends $24,586 per student and Grayslake Community High School District 127 $26,844, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Nine elementary schools, then five middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Round Lake’s grade
B−: better than 50% of Illinois school districts, #452 of 768 Illinois towns. Graduation is above the Illinois average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Round Lake, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Round Lake · depends on your address
Big Hollow Primary School
Grades PK–1 · 387 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ingleside
Grayslake Early Childhood
Grades PK · 147 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Hainesville
Parts of Round Lake (17% and 11% of its land) are served by Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 and Fremont School District 79 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Five districts serve Round Lake
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Round Lake vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Round Lake’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Round Lake | B− | Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 PK–8 · Big Hollow School District 38 PK–8 · Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 K–12 |
| Round Lake Beach | B− | Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 PK–8 · Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 K–12 · Grayslake Community High School District 127 9–12 |
| Round Lake Park | B | Fremont School District 79 PK–8 · Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 K–12 · Grayslake Community High School District 127 9–12 |
| Volo | B− | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 PK–12 · Big Hollow School District 38 PK–8 · Grant Community High School District 124 9–12 |
| Grant | B− | Big Hollow School District 38 PK–8 · Grant Community High School District 124 9–12 |
| Wauconda | B | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 PK–12 · Grant Community High School District 124 9–12 · Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 9–12 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Grant Community High School District 124 with Round Lake for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Round Lake
18 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Round Lake’s schools
Are Round Lake’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Illinois: the public schools Round Lake children attend outscore 50% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade, #452 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 30%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Round Lake in?
Grant Community High School District 124, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,769 students in 1 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Round Lake are served by Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 and Fremont School District 79.
Where do Round Lake kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Round Lake Senior High School, Grant Community High School, Grayslake Central High School and Grayslake North High School.
What is Round Lake’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in Grayslake Community High School District 127 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Round Lake spend per student?
$24,586 in Grant Community High School District 124, $26,844 in Grayslake Community High School District 127, $24,598 in Round Lake Community Unit School District 116, $19,455 in Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 and $16,961 in Big Hollow School District 38 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Round Lake families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.